8-0-1 under Percy Haughton; named national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and co-national champion (with Pittsburgh) by the National Championship Foundation.
Harvard’s 1910 schedule1910: 3 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITDISPUTEDHarvard (8-0-1) and Pittsburgh (9-0) were both undefeated, and the National Championship Foundation named them co-champions, but the Helms Athletic Foundation picked Harvard alone; Auburn's own school claim rests on a separate, later Billingsley computer-poll run and is not an NCF/HAF pick.
The case for each side
Recognized byNCFRetroactive
9-0 under Joseph Thompson but did not play the era's other leading teams; named co-national champion (with Harvard) only by the National Championship Foundation, not by Helms.
Pittsburgh’s 1910 schedule
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
6-1; the title is a school claim based on Richard Billingsley's unrevised original math system, not on any period selector, and never a National Championship Foundation or Helms pick.
Auburn’s 1910 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1910 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.